Cumbria Butterfly Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
27 Jun 2021 Large Skipper 1 Adult Abbot Park Oxen Park SD314879 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace Just off footpath, on knapweed.
27 Jun 2021 Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary 4 Adult Abbot Park Oxen Park SD314879 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace Just off footpath, on knapweed.
27 Jun 2021 Small Skipper 1 Adult Abbot Park Oxen Park SD314879 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace Just off footpath, on knapweed.
27 Jun 2021 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Abbot Park Oxen Park SD314879 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace Just off footpath, on knapweed.
27 Jun 2021 Small Tortoiseshell 3 Adult Back Road Lindale SD417803 VC69 Westmorland David Jackson
27 Jun 2021 Meadow Brown 14 Adult Birkshill Raughton Head NY387295 VC70 Cumberland Keith Temple
27 Jun 2021 Small Skipper 2 Adult Birkshill Raughton Head NY387295 VC70 Cumberland Keith Temple
27 Jun 2021 Speckled Wood 2 Adult Birkshill Raughton Head NY387295 VC70 Cumberland Keith Temple
27 Jun 2021 Wall Brown 1 Adult Birkshill Raughton Head NY387295 VC70 Cumberland Keith Temple
27 Jun 2021 Common Blue 1 Adult Bowber Head Farm Ravenstonedale NY739033 VC69 Westmorland Brian and Lindsey Snell
27 Jun 2021 Green-veined White 1 Adult Bowber Head Farm Ravenstonedale NY739033 VC69 Westmorland Brian and Lindsey Snell
27 Jun 2021 Meadow Brown 1 Adult Bowber Head Farm Ravenstonedale NY739033 VC69 Westmorland Brian and Lindsey Snell
27 Jun 2021 Ringlet 1 Adult Dalston Carlisle NY36554986 VC70 Cumberland Ian J Armstrong Single only in long grasses in field
27 Jun 2021 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Dalston Carlisle NY36554986 VC70 Cumberland Ian J Armstrong Single in garden.
27 Jun 2021 Small Heath 1 Adult Field High Nibthwaite SD300874 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace Approx number. East of High wood. Also 1 large, fast orange (...)
27 Jun 2021 Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary 30 Adult Field High Nibthwaite SD300874 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace Approx number. East of High wood. 31482.jpeg
27 Jun 2021 Common Blue 1 Adult Hutton Roof Crags Burton-in-Lonsdale SD562782 VC69 Westmorland Pete Crooks Male
27 Jun 2021 Dark Green Fritillary 2 Adult Hutton Roof Crags Burton-in-Lonsdale SD562782 VC69 Westmorland Pete Crooks Cool, cloudy conditions - not ideal for butterflies
27 Jun 2021 Meadow Brown 3 Adult Hutton Roof Crags Burton-in-Lonsdale SD562782 VC69 Westmorland Pete Crooks
27 Jun 2021 Small Heath 3 Adult Hutton Roof Crags Burton-in-Lonsdale SD562782 VC69 Westmorland Pete Crooks
27 Jun 2021 Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary 2 Adult Hutton Roof Crags Burton-in-Lonsdale SD562782 VC69 Westmorland Pete Crooks
27 Jun 2021 Wall Brown 1 Adult Hutton Roof Crags Burton-in-Lonsdale SD562782 VC69 Westmorland Pete Crooks
27 Jun 2021 Meadow Brown 2 Adult Lonning running NE to Greenspot Wigton NY2456 VC70 Cumberland Mike Porter Warm sunshine
27 Jun 2021 Ringlet 6 Adult Lonning running NE to Greenspot Wigton NY2546 VC70 Cumberland Mike Porter Warm sunshine
27 Jun 2021 Small Tortoiseshell 3 Adult Lonning running NE to Greenspot Wigton NY2456 VC70 Cumberland Mike Porter Warm sunshine
27 Jun 2021 Meadow Brown 2 Adult Lord Ling Oxen Park SD315884 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace .
27 Jun 2021 Ringlet 1 Adult Lord Ling Oxen Park SD315884 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace .
27 Jun 2021 Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary 1 Adult Lord Ling Oxen Park SD315884 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace .
27 Jun 2021 Large Skipper 1 Adult Lyvennet Kings Meaburn NY617208 VC69 Westmorland David Nattrass Warm with some sun on edge of silaged field by the beck 31470.jpeg
27 Jun 2021 Meadow Brown 2 Adult Lyvennet Kings Meaburn NY618203 VC69 Westmorland David Nattrass Warm with some sun in rough grassland 31468.jpeg
27 Jun 2021 Ringlet 5 Adult Lyvennet Kings Meaburn NY618203 VC69 Westmorland David Nattrass Warm with some sun in rough grassland 31467.jpeg
27 Jun 2021 Small Heath 3 Adult Lyvennet Kings Meaburn NY618203 VC69 Westmorland David Nattrass Warm with some sun in rough grassland
27 Jun 2021 Common Blue 3 Adult Orton Scar Crosby Ravensworth NY627113 VC69 Westmorland David Nattrass Warm and breezy 18C, they didn't fly. Sitting on the rushes (...) 31471.jpeg
27 Jun 2021 Small Heath 5 Adult Red Bank High Ickenthwaite SD319896 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace Also 2 large, fast orange frits.
27 Jun 2021 Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary 5 Adult Red Bank High Ickenthwaite SD319896 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 31486.jpeg
27 Jun 2021 Dark Green Fritillary 20 Adult Red Hills Arnside SD454776 VC69 Westmorland Ian Watts 3-4.30pm. Mostly overcast. 19c and humid. Perfect conditions for (...) 31697.jpeg
27 Jun 2021 Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary 8 Adult Red Hills Arnside SD454776 VC69 Westmorland Ian Watts 3pm. Overcast but warm and humid. 31698.jpeg
27 Jun 2021 Ringlet 14 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY402569 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 34423.jpeg
27 Jun 2021 Small Skipper 12 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY402569 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 34424.jpeg
27 Jun 2021 Speckled Wood 2 Adult Roadside south of Whitrigglees Wigton NY244564 VC70 Cumberland Mike Porter Warm sunshine
27 Jun 2021 Red Admiral 2 Adult University of Cumbria grounds, Brampton Rd. Carlisle NY404571 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
27 Jun 2021 Speckled Wood 1 Adult University of Cumbria grounds, Brampton Rd. Carlisle NY404571 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
27 Jun 2021 Large Skipper 1 Adult Walled path Oxen Park SD317876 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace .Basking in late afternoon sun.
27 Jun 2021 Small Tortoiseshell 12 Adult Winster footbridge. Lindale SD422803 VC69 Westmorland David Jackson

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